The Guide
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Going Forward: Jo Brand's sitcom is mouldy, miserable... and very funnyPicking up where she left off with the Bafta award-winning Getting On, Brand’s domestic comedy finds the best laughs in grim despair
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The month in games: into Uncharted territory for the final timeFrom Nathan Drake’s last hurrah and Star Fox Zero landing to Doom, Gears Of War and The Division’s multiplayer woes
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Eric Wareheim: the new king of awkward US comedyHe’s at home whether performing lysergic sketches, working with Aziz Ansari or presenting UK arts show Random Acts. Meet a comedian at one with the askew
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Shura: 'You don’t have to be an ex-Disney star to make pop music'A new wave of artists are swapping vast recording studios and overpriced producers for bedrooms and laptops. Meet the artists making pop by themselves, for themselves
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This week's best streaming: from Lady Dynamite to The InvisiblesMaria Bamford plays her nervous breakdown for laughs on Netflix while it’s off to the Czech Republic for the next stop on Walter Presents
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Andrei Tarkovsky: it's time to immerse yourself in the work of a true auteurThe Russian director’s debut is the perfect place to start to gain an appreciation of a film-maker of extraordinary influence and cinematic vision
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Bin there, done that: the Top Cat Halifax advertThe doomed future of the housing market is predicted by everyone’s favourite cartoon feline
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This week's best radio: School DramaAndy Mulligan brings Renaissance Verona to a modern school on Radio 4
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Justin Robertson's favourite tracksThe Balearic trailblazer and Lionrock star empties the contents of his psychic record bag
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Sara Pascoe: ‘My mum has heckled me’From Would I Lie To You? to the Kappa symbol, the comedian reveals the things she finds funniest
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Five of the best… new art showsSunken Cities | Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms | In The Age Of Giorgione | Painting With Light | Maria Lassnig
Five of the best… new plays Five of the best… plays this week